insane
adjective
[ ɪnˈseɪn ]
• in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
• "he had gone insane"
Similar:
mentally ill,
severely mentally disordered,
of unsound mind,
certifiable,
psychotic,
schizophrenic,
mad,
mad as a hatter,
mad as a March hare,
deranged,
demented,
out of one's mind,
out of one's head,
not in one's right mind,
sick in the head,
unhinged,
unbalanced,
unstable,
disturbed,
crazed,
crazy,
hysterical,
non compos mentis,
sectionable,
raving mad,
stark raving mad,
not all there,
bonkers,
cracked,
bats,
cuckoo,
loony,
loopy,
nuts,
nutty,
nutty as a fruitcake,
screwy,
bananas,
off one's rocker,
off one's head,
off one's chump,
off one's nut,
off the wall,
round the bend,
crackers,
barmy,
batty,
barking,
barking mad,
stark staring mad,
off one's trolley,
round the twist,
as daft as a brush,
not the full shilling,
away with the fairies,
buggy,
nutsy,
nutso,
out of one's tree,
wacko,
squirrelly,
bushed,
porangi,
• shocking; outrageous.
• "they were making insane amounts of money"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin insanus, from in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy’.
